By Gloria Larkin “Just what is the definition of small business?” That classification can bring alight a burning question when one considers the various rules and parameters that come into play. To illustrate its understanding, the powers that be at the SBA recently updated its white paper, which explains how it establishes, reviews, and modifies... Read More
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DHS Dives In, Refines Market Research Approach
By Gloria Larkin Can artificial intelligence (AI) make the workday easier for Homeland Security Department contracting officers? With the Biden administration’s efforts to expand the industrial base by working to get more small and disadvantaged businesses into the game ― thus increasing the workload ― they surely hope so. Know that conducting market research... Read More
Contracting Market Jolted Out of Complacency by Critical Change Currently Underway
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) released its long-awaited consolidated Schedule solicitation on FedBizOpps.gov on October 1. The new solicitation modernizes federal acquisition by consolidating and streamlining the existing 24 Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) into a single Schedule or contract for products, services, and combined solutions. Sales through the old GSA Schedules hover at about... Read More
GSA Reopens Multiple Awards Schedule 75 for Office Supplies Providers
By: Gloria Larkin as published in Business Monthly February 2018 The General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced the release of a new and updated contract to allow new vendors to submit contracts through its Schedule 75 to sell office supplies to federal government agencies. In 2010, the GSA had closed the contract so that only... Read More